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sbsyncro
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Intro - Hello from Santa Barbara, CA
Hi everyone. I finally took the plunge after several years of casually lurking on the site and signed up today. I'm looking forward to becoming part
of the community here.
Growing up in So Cal, I took my first Baja trips with my Dad back in the early and mid 70's in our family VW camper or my Dad's '69 Buick.
I attended college in San Diego in the early 80's and spent a lot of time in norther Baja on surf and dive trips, often leading groups of friends on
adventures down the Pacific Coast in our Jeeps.
Then came marriage, kids, and a career... Alas, it was a LONG time before I visited Baja. 20+ years in fact, when I took a trip to Mag Bay in 2103
and fell in love with Baja again.
Now the kids are grown up and the Baja bug has once again bitten me hard. Last summer I took an overland trip to Tortugas and Bahia de Los Angeles
for 10 days and that "sealed the deal" for me.
I'm now planning several trips for this spring, summer and fall, and hope to introduce my 15 year old to the magic of Baja (his Mom finally says its
OK!). My next trip will probably be to BOLA or perhaps to PSF. I have a 14' inflatable on a trailer for Baja trips, and hoping to drag it down to
PSF for some camping and spearfishing, either during Spring Break (Semana Santa) or May/June.
I'm an avid spear fisherman and "regular" fisherman, and love boating, kayaking, surfing, diving, and pretty much anything related to the ocean. I
also LOVE TO COOK and EAT, so of course Baja is the perfect place for me! I speak a bit of Spanish (it is coming back gradually as I revisit Mexico).
Just wanted to introduce myself before I began jumping in and posting threads asking questions, etc. I'm looking forward to being part of a community
where everyone understands the vibe of Baja!
Cheers,
Brent
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Bob53
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Welcome to the forum!
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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woody with a view
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Good times await!
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Barry A.
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What a super intro, Brent.
We mostly love new input and members, and look forward to hearing about you and your Son's etc. adventures.
Barry
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David K
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Welcome Brent! Yes, a super introduction... we await a future trip report and photos (sized to no more than 800 pixels, lol)!
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Katiejay99
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Welcome to Namadlandia.
Don't forget about Southern Baja, we have some great towns, beaches, etc here, too.
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Martyman
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Everything sounds good except for the part about taking your boat trailer to San Francisquito. Boat trailers get trashed on roads like that. Can you
deflate the boat and put it in your vehicle?
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Bob H
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Welcome aboard Brent! We will all be looking forward to your future trip reports.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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durrelllrobert
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Welcome and when you come would you bring me some BBQ Tri-tip?
Bob Durrell
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Maron
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Welcome, great intro, I'm sure you will be providing excellent reports. Glad you are introducing you son to the "wonders" of Baja.
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woody with a view
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Santa Maria Style!
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shari
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Hola Brent and glad you have taken the plunge into the sandbox! It was really nice to introduce yourself so we know a little bit about you and look
forward to having you back in baja again!
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sbsyncro
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Thanks everyone! I'll post up some pix of my last couple of trips when I'm in front of my computer. And I'll definitely trade tri-tip for good
Intel or cold pacificos and lobster any time! :-D
Regarding the trailer to PSFO I wondered about that and would like to get more info, but was planning to post a new thread in the appropriate forum.
I've wanted to hit that spot for years but have always heard that getting a panguero is not very likely so wanted to bring my own boat.
Regards,
Brent
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msteve1014
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All you need is Susie Q and the right beans.
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Whale-ista
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Welcome to Nomad and thanks for describing your history and future plans.
Wishing you many fun, fish filled adventures in the years to come!
Be sure to visit The fishmarket in Ensenada. (Sometimes it's nice to relax and enjoy other people's catch)
And if you haven't been down to see the whales in the lagoons on the Pacific side, Semana Santa would be a good time to visit. The calves will be
quite large and many will have headed north by then, but there will still be a few around.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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sbsyncro
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Some pix as promised
A couple of nice Cubera/Pargo from July. Took them in about 50' of water off the coast way north of BoLA
"La Vela" from the far north end of Isla Angel de la Guardia off Bay of LA. We dove this rock for about an hour and it was covered with the remaining
halves of enormous scallops. The sea lions were very aggressive. We could not find any grouper down at the bottom, but it was a neat spot to see.
Dinner with Pedro Felix Torres (Cangrejo's). Pedro is a REALLY nice guy and a great panguero.
Fish processing in Punta Eugenia
Telling fish stories with "Chicharron". It was one of those "you should have been here last week" kinds of trips...
Best Fish Tacos I can remember ever having (Guerrero Negro). Definitely worth a stop, but he's not there on Sundays.
Sunset over Tortugas makes you forget about the dust
Breakfast at Las Hamacas (BOLA)
And my "take home" souvenir from the trip (what I call a "Baja tattoo"). BTW, is there an English equivalent for the word "golpe"? ("dent" just
doesn't seem to convey the same meaning....) 
And one of my favorite shots from my Mag Bay trip in 2013:
[Edited on 1-31-2015 by sbsyncro]
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durrelllrobert
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Great photos too!
Bob Durrell
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Genecag
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Great intro and welcome!!
Make it a Great Day!!
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boe4fun
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Welcome aboard Brent, Your intro reminded me of, well, me! The only thing is to subtract about 20 years as I started going down with my Dad to
Ensenada in the mid 50's. That taco truck in GN is the best, Shari turned us on to it a coupla years back. Speaking of Shari, try to join her for
whale watching at Ojo de Liebre when you get the chance. Also try to make a side trip to join our gang/club at Bahia Asuncion; good fishing (both
surf and offshore), diving, surfing, etc., not to mention the most wonderful group of expats and locals on the peninsula!
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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David K
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Cool photos and all are sized to fit Nomad... Good Job, Thanks!!
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